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| Robin Weiner of ISRI |
Robin Weiner, president of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), Washington, has been selected to serve on the board of directors of JASON Learning. ISRI says her appointment represents an expansion of the partnership between the two organizations that was formed in 2012 to educate school-aged children about recycling, focusing on the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) behind it, as well as encouraging them to consider future careers in the recycling industry.
“It is honor to be named to the JASON Learning board of directors where I can represent the recycling industry in the innovative delivery of STEM education throughout the country,” Wiener says. “Over the last few years, ISRI has worked closely with JASON Learning to develop a K-12 recycling curriculum, launch pilot programs across the country and hold an annual educational art contest to teach the science of recycling. Through this work we have reached millions of students, many of whom will one day become scientists, engineers, policymakers and more.”
ISRI and JASON Learning have developed lessons that teach the “science of scrap” and introduce students to a growing industry that needs trained chemists and chemical engineers, mechanical engineers, metallurgists and other degreed professionals. The lessons include standards-based, K-12 curricular experiences; interactive Web-based experiences to enhance student engagement; classroom posters featuring key educational messages; a leveraged national distribution network; strategies for school visits to ISRI facilities; age-appropriate lesson plans based on life cycle for each commodity; and more, ISRI says. (See the March 2014 issue of Recycling Today for an article on ISRI’s partnership with JASON Learning.)
“JASON Learning is proud to name ISRI President Robin Wiener to its board of directors,” says Eleanor Smalley, president and CEO of JASON Learning. “Her leadership as an active board member underscores the recycling industry’s commitment to STEM education. With ISRI's help, we can ensure that the next generation of citizens and leaders appreciate the economic and environmental benefits recycling provides, and understand the underlying STEM concepts that make it possible.”
Joining Wiener on the board are representatives from the American Association of School Administrators (AASA), the New York State Council of School Superintendents, ProEventa, as well as an international at-large board member. The National Geographic Society and Sea Research Foundation continue to have seats on the board.